The official visit of the President and high-ranking delegation of our country to Azerbaijan aims to consolidate and further strengthen the traditional friendship.

At the invitation of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev, on the evening of May 13 (local time, the night of May 13 Hanoi time), President Truong Tan Sang and his wife, along with a high-ranking delegation of our country, arrived in the capital Baku to begin an official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The President's visit aims to consolidate and enhance friendship and multifaceted cooperation with traditional friendly countries and discuss regional and international issues of mutual concern.

The President and his wife's plane at Azerbaijan airport

At exactly 8:00 p.m. (local time), the President's plane landed at Heydar Aliyev International Airport. Welcoming the President at the airport on the Azerbaijan side were the Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Azerbaijani Ambassador to Vietnam. On the Vietnamese side were Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Son, representatives of the embassy staff and the Vietnamese community living and studying in Azerbaijan.

Overseas Vietnamese welcome the President and his wife

Vietnam and Azerbaijan have had a traditional friendly relationship since the 1950s when Azerbaijan was part of the Soviet Union. After regional upheavals, Azerbaijan became an independent country in 1991.

Inheriting the tradition of good cooperation between the two countries during the years when they were members of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan has helped Vietnam train many students and highly qualified officials, especially in the oil and gas industry. This is a potential field in which Vietnam can promote cooperation with Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan Deputy Prime Minister welcomes the President

The two countries have also signed agreements such as: Visa exemption agreement for citizens holding diplomatic and official passports (signed in April 2010); Intergovernmental agreement on economic-trade and scientific-technical cooperation (signed in May 2014); Intergovernmental agreement on double taxation avoidance (signed in May 2014); Cooperation protocol between the two foreign ministries (signed in April 2010). The two sides regularly exchange delegations at all levels and coordinate actions at the United Nations and international forums.

Regarding investment in recent years, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group has proactively sought opportunities and strengthened relations with Azerbaijani partners in the oil and gas sector, opening a permanent representative office in Azerbaijan since 2011. Economic and trade cooperation between the two countries has developed to reach 422 million USD in 2014.

President Truong Tan Sang and his wife and high-ranking delegation began an official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.

However, in the trend of increasingly strong integration and cooperation, recent developments, especially in the economic and trade fields, are not yet commensurate with the potential and good political relations between Vietnam and Azerbaijan.

Overseas Vietnamese in Azerbaijan welcome the President

Therefore, the official visit of the President and our high-ranking delegation to Azerbaijan aims to consolidate and further strengthen the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Azerbaijan, bringing the relationship into greater depth and effectiveness, meeting the interests and aspirations of each country, for peace and prosperity in the region and the world./.

According to VOV